Current, Best Strategies to Help
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS Accelerate Therapy Progress and Academic Success

(Grades Pre-K-12)

Specifically Designed for Speech-Language Pathologists Serving Students in Grades Pre-K-12

Dozens of practical, innovative strategies designed to strengthen your speech-language services with students at all grade levels

Timesaving ways to better manage your workload through the effective use of technology and an inclusive approach to speech-language services

Proven techniques for utilizing a differentiated therapy approach that can be flexibly adapted across all grade levels and content areas

Address executive function weaknesses that limit student success in therapy and in school

Innovative intervention strategies to help speech-language students better meet communication goals and state standards

To get the most benefit from this seminar, participants are encouraged to bring a laptop, tablet or other wireless device used in their therapy program. It is not, however, a requirement to attend this seminar.

Practical Ideas and Strategies

If you are looking for practical, evidence-based strategies to accelerate your students’ therapy progress and increase their academic success in the classroom, this is a seminar you won’t want to miss. In this outstanding NEW seminar, experienced speech-language pathologist, author and national presenter, Sarah James, will share dozens of the very best, new and innovative therapy strategies for addressing a variety of student needs. Throughout the day, Sarah will show effective, realistic ways cutting-edge technology can be incorporated into your speech therapy program to increase student progress and help you more efficiently manage your caseload.

You’ll learn proven intervention strategies to better meet communication goals and state standards, a differentiated therapy approach that can be flexibly used across all grade levels and timesaving tips to accelerate student success.

You will leave with a wealth of new ideas which are all summarized in an extensive resource handbook that will help you begin implementing these ideas as soon as you return to your students.

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

Better Meet the Needs of Individual Students with Innovative, New Ideas
Learn specific strategies for helping your speech-language students achieve greater success in both the therapy setting and the classroom

Utilize Free Google Tools, Apps and Extensions to Support Both Therapy and Student Scheduling Needs
Discover practical, timesaving ways SLPs are making effective use of Google Voice, Google Maps, YouTube as well as Google Calendar and Google Scheduling for both increased organization and motivating therapy sessions

Expand Your Intervention Strategies to Support Students Who Struggle with Written Expression
Learn proven methods and practical therapy techniques to support students who struggle with written language expression … Specific ways to support written language skills and help your students be more successful with their written expressions

Utilize the Best-of-the-Best Apps and Websites for Promoting Written Expression
Discover the best apps and websites that promote speaking, writing and story creation

Address Executive Function Weaknesses to Better Support Your Therapy Work and Students’ Success in School
Learn practical ways you can adapt your therapy work to enhance your students’ ability to develop and use key executive function skills in therapy tasks and classroom academic areas

Effectively Incorporate Multi-Media to Teach Social Skills, Pragmatic and Inferential Language and Perspective Taking
Capture the attention of your students by using motivating and engaging materials … Here’s how

Vital academic and instructional language vocabulary to help your students more successfully participate in their classroom instructional program

The SLP’s unique, dynamic role in providing differentiation options for reading and writing activities

Dozensofideas for infusing speech-language support into classroom interventions that aid in differentiated instruction

Practical and realistic ideas for using the iPad to address a variety of speech-language therapy needs

Ways to increase collaboration with general education classroom teachers regarding the language basis for literacy and learning

Realisticideas for how to increase test scores on statewide testing

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

As a practicing school-based speech-language pathologist I sometimes feel inundated with expectations that seem to be continually added to my workload and expected areas of expertise. Reading, writing, state academic standards, differentiation – and now technology, too. It is difficult to ignore that our students are incredibly motivated by the immediate feedback of it, not to mention the cool audio and video features that cutting-edge technology has the potential to help our students make greater therapy gains, as well as increasing social and academic progress. Are you looking for reasonable, timesaving ways to combine the best of the tried-and-true therapy strategies with the new-and-innovative technology tools to increase the impact of your therapy?

It has been my quest for the past several years to incorporate the best-of-the-best, research-based therapy strategies and activities that some of us call “old school” and combining them with cool technology tools and resources to increase the impact of my therapy interventions and my students’ success in the classroom.

I am excited to share practical, timesaving and evidence-based ideas with you and address the smooth and seamless integration of the “old” with the “new” and how this combination can help you better serve your students with speech and language disorders.

I look forward to meeting you at the seminar!

Sincerely,
Sarah James, MS, CCC-SLP

P.S. Again, the focus in this seminar is on practicalstrategies that accelerate therapy and academic progress that you’ll be able to use immediately.

Who Should Attend

Speech-Language Pathologists Serving Students in Grades Pre-K-12.

Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive Resource Handbook
Each participant will receive an extensive speech-language therapy resource handbook specifically designed for this seminar. The handbook includes:

Descriptions of the newest, most useful cutting-edge technology tools along with practical applications for speech-language therapy

Descriptions of innovative therapy strategies

Practical ways to evaluate and teach key literacy skills in the special education and “pull out” programs, as well as the inclusive classroom

Resource lists of the most useful apps and cutting-edge technology tools for speech-language therapy

Meet and Share
This seminar provides a great opportunity for speech-language pathologists to meet and share ideas for improving the effectiveness of their speech-language therapy programs.

Consultation Available
Sarah James will be available at the seminar for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your programs.

ASHA - CEUsThis course is offered for 0.50 ASHA CEUs per day (Intermediate level, Professional area).

Semester Credit Option
Up to four Graduate level professional development credit are available with an additional fee and completion of follow up practicum activities.
Details for direct enrollment with Brandman University, part of the Chapman University system, will be available at this BER program.

Meet Inservice Requirements
At the end of the program, each attendee will receive
a certificate of participation that may be used to verify hours of participation in
meeting continuing education requirements.